Watchfires also only impact your city army's defensive stats, not their attack stats, effectively hardening your defenses. However, Watchfires originally could not be upgraded and now cap at a 6% bonus - unlike Great Buildings which can, theoretically, be leveled significantly higher.

Basil, Deal Castle, and the Terracotta Army. On a per-tile basis, Watchfires (and Ritual Flames) have an outsized impact over other defensive buildings such as the Monastery, the Athlete Living Quarters, or even the defensive Great Buildings, the Cathedral of St. With one or both Watchfires upgraded, they are 25-50% better than a non-upgraded Ritual Flame, but equal to a Level 2 Ritual Flame which only takes 1 upgrade. At 4% defense bonus two of them have the same impact as a Ritual Flame, but with the added placement flexibility of each only taking up a single tile. The Watchfire has many useful characteristics. The upgrade adds 2% to the Watchfire for a total of 6%. Its upgraded version will then be placed directly on the same spot in your city. To upgrade the Watchfire, use the Watchfire Upgrade item on the Watchfire that is already situated in your city. My personal feeling is that the defense GBs weren't worth building, but since I did build them, I'll keep them around to level when I'm bored.The Watchfire can be upgraded by Watchfire Upgrade Kit item.

It's very rare for me to get attacked, but when I do get hit, my defenders kill anywhere from 0 to 8 units, depending on what the attacker uses. tigers dens and a couple watchfires for a total defense boost of about 33/70. I only have a handful of other defense structures, i.e. I basically stopped leveling them a couple years back. I did build the two defense GBs, have them at level 5 and 6. or just collect on time and choose defenses that counter the attacker's units. In the later ages, the only way to stop neighbors from attacking you is to either max out deal + sbc + have 100+ watchfires. I can clear 400% boosted defenses that are one age above me and only lose a couple units. To answer your question, in later ages watchfires are pretty irrelevant. Click to expand.I've played since open beta began (before the us server opened) back in april 2012.įirst of all, watchfires didn't even exist until Easter of 2013.

Watchfire in forge of empires